Frederick j



(No Model.)

P. J. W. FISCHER.

SPRING HOLDER 0R CLASP FOR PENS 0R PENGILS. No. 404,697, Patented June 4, 1889.

gmveM/Cop 351 awe 014mg. I

N. PETERS. PhmnrLilhngmphen Washinghm. ac.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. WV. FISCHER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPRING HOLDER OR CLASP FOR PENS OR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,697, dated June 4, 1889;

Application filed March 22, 1889. Serial No. 304,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. W. FISCHER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring Holders or Clasps for Pencils, Pens, or other Articles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clasp or holder. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same, representing the device applied to a garment of the user and there attached by the fastener. Fig. 3 is a rear View of the holder. Fig. 4 is a front View of a modification.

The holder or clasp consists of the usual sheet-metal base A, which is bent into U shape to form spring-jaws, between which the part a of the garment to which the clasp is to be applied is inserted, as seen in Fig. 2, and is there held by some suitable fastener, which consists in this instance of the prongs 12, formed on the ends of a wire 0, which is swiveled in bearings (1, formed for it on the rear plate or jaw of the base, and has a handle d, by which it can be turned so as to engage the prongs with or disengage them from the garment at pleasure.

The clasp or holder for the pencil, pen, or

0 other article consists of two substantially parallel spring strip rods or wires f, secured at one end to the front of the base A, and at their free ends bent over upon and parallel with themselves to form supports f for small rubber or other suitable rolls g, which are mounted and can revolve on these supports, and are substantially parallel with each other. e

The wires f can be secured independently of each other to the base. One convenient Way of thus securing them is to bend down the 40 end of each and to insert this end in a hole in the base, as indicated at h, and then to bend over the spring-shank of the wire a finger 2 conveniently provided by cutting it from the base itself, as seen. The spring- 5 shanks f can, however, be in one continuous piece, as seen in Fig. 4, and in this event they can readily be secured in place by three holding-fingers 2, similar to the fingers 2', already referred to. The device thus constructed is simple, cheap, easy to make, and very eflicient.

The stems or shanks f are springs, and the rolls, together with their supports f, are jaws between which the pencil can be inserted and held, the spring-shank f permitting the jaws to yield for this purpose.

WVhat I claim herein as new and of my own invention is as follows:

The combination, with the base or support- 6c ing plate of the clasp, of spring wires or shanks secured at one end thereto, and at their free ends bent over upon themselves to form roll-supports, and rolls, of rubber or other suitable material, mounted on said supports, these parts being constructed and arranged, for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of March, 1889.

FREDERICK J. WV. FISCHER. \Vitnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUS, O. S. BRAISTED. 

